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Investiture Controversy, an Uncommon card
The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest was a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops, abbots of monasteries, and the Pope himself.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Ranked #1,914 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Investiture Controversy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Investiture Controversy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It began as a power ______ between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV in 1076.
Answer
struggle. It began as a power struggle between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV in 1076. From the Investiture Controversy article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The conflict ended in ____, when Pope Callixtus II and Emperor Henry V agreed on the Concordat of Worms.
Answer
1120s. The conflict ended in 1122, when Pope Callixtus II and Emperor Henry V agreed on the Concordat of Worms. From the Investiture Controversy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Death squad. Death squad 91 · Amphibious warfare 85 · Investiture Controversy 78 · Jack Reed 74 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A series of popes in the 11th and 12th centuries undercut the power of the Holy Roman Emperor and other European monarchies, and the controversy led to nearly 50 years of conflict.
- It began as a power struggle between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV in 1076.
- The conflict ended in 1122, when Pope Callixtus II and Emperor Henry V agreed on the Concordat of Worms.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Investiture Controversy article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Investiture Controversy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Original by Philip Van Ness Myers (d. 1937) Derivative version by ReneeWrites, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
